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Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly

1559 - 1632

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Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (Dutch: Johan t'Serclaes Graaf van Tilly; German: Johann t'Serclaes Graf von Tilly; French: Jean t'Serclaes de Tilly; February 1559 – 30 April 1632) was a field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces in the Thirty Years' War. From 1620 to 1631, he won an unmatched and demoralizing string of important victories against the Protestants, including White Mountain, Wimpfen, Höchst, Stadtlohn and the Conquest of the Palatinate. He destroyed a Danish army at Lutter and sacked the Protestant city of Magdeburg, which caused the deaths of some 20,000 of the city's inhabitants, both defenders and non-combatants, out of a total population of 25,000. However, Tilly's army was eventually crushed at Breitenfeld in 1631 by the Swedish army of King Gustavus Adolphus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly is the 202nd most popular military personnel (down from 174th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Military Personnel.

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly is most famous for being a general in the army of the Holy Roman Empire. He led the army in the Thirty Years War and was a major player in the Battle of Breitenfeld.

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Among military personnels, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ranks 202 out of 2,058. Before him are Captain Tom, Mikhail Frunze, Djemal Pasha, Jacques MacDonald, Zhou Yu, and Chūichi Nagumo. After him are Alfred von Schlieffen, Syagrius, Chester W. Nimitz, Henning von Tresckow, Dietrich von Choltitz, and Alexandre de Beauharnais.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1559, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ranks 2. Before him is Nurhaci. After him are Ishida Mitsunari, Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Catherine de Bourbon, Lawrence of Brindisi, Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Cigoli, Isaac Casaubon, Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and George Chapman. Among people deceased in 1632, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ranks 4. Before him are Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Sigismund III Vasa, and Frederick V of the Palatinate. After him are Giambattista Basile, Tokugawa Hidetada, Jost Bürgi, Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Susenyos I, Infante Carlos of Spain, and Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ranks 78 out of 1,190. Before him are Gerard de Ridefort (1141), Maxime Weygand (1867), Quentin Matsys (1466), André Grétry (1741), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), and Jacques Rogge (1942). After him are Agnès Varda (1928), Corneille Heymans (1892), Father Damien (1840), Adolphe Quetelet (1796), Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919), and Étienne Lenoir (1822).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Belgium

Among military personnels born in Belgium, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ranks 3. Before him are Charles Martel (688), and Maxime Weygand (1867). After him are Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787), Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651), Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880), Nicholas, Count of Salm (1459), Johann Peter Beaulieu (1725), William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (1020), and Gérard Leman (1851).

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